Tony Sercel: In My Own Words

DESCRIPTION: “During WWII, Tony Sercel of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in Europe. This interview is a production of The Social Voice Project’s Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative, in partnership with the nonprofit Veterans Breakfast Club and Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls. It was recorded June 19, 2013 at …

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Felix Cistolo: In My Own Words

Felix Cistolo was drafted in 1942 and assigned to the 80th Infantry Division. He arrived in France on Aug. 4, 1944, and was sent immediately into combat at Falaise Gap, where the Allies killed 10,000 German troops and trapped another 50,000, although some 20,000 Germans troops managed to escape to fight another day. He was …

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